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Feb. 11, 1930. 1E. w. TERRY 1,746,324

FARE COLLECTING AND CHANGE MAKING MACHINE Filed Feb. 18. 192a 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Feb. 11, 1930. E. w; TERRY 1,746,324

FARE COLLECTING AND CHANGE MAKING MACHINE Filed Feb. 18. 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Feb. 11, 1930. E. w. TERRY FARE COLLECTING AND CHANGE MAKING MACHINE '1 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Feb. 18. 1928 Feb. 11, 1930. E. w. TERRY FARE COLLECTING AND CHANGE MAKING MACHINE Filed Feb. 18. 1928 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Feb. 11, 1930 PTEN F-FICE EDGAR WILLIAM runny, or DURHAM, nonri-r CAROLINA FARE-COLLECTING AND CHANGE-MAKING MACHI N E Application filed February 1 8, 1928. Serial No. 255,224.

This invention relates .to fare collecting anjdchange making machines for use upon street cars and busses orthe like, and ispar- 1 ticularly designed for the purpose of facilitating the collection of fares from passengers upon one-man cars and busses, that is to say, upon those cars and busses where one manacts both as driver or motorman and also as conductor, the invention being further particularly designed to be operable by the passenger, thussaving the delays incidental to giving change and registering the fares collected, aswell as preventing the distraction of the driver of the vehicle from his duties ofsai'ely operating the same.

The prime object of the. invention, there fore, is to providea practical and eflicient mechanism having slots for the insertion of i j the more common coins of the country whereintlie device is used, and having selective pull levers rendered operable by those coins for delivering back from the machine the proper change from the coin deposited, less the amount of the fares for one, two, three or four passengers, as may be intended.

The invention comprises a series of coin holders, for the purpose of presenting coins of various denominations for change making my purposes, a series of coin responsive mechanisms for delivering coins from the holders, there being as many coin responsive mechanisms as there are combinations of change to be made from the coins adapted to be deposited orinserted into the machine with re- 5 spect to the number of fares which the value of any such deposited coin will pay, manually responsive means for rendering selected ones of the coin responsive means operable, a series of swingingly operable coin receiving elements, there being as many of the coin receiving elements as there are coins in commen use, means for selectively limiting the motion of coins in the coin receiving elements, manually responsive C0111 engaging means associated with each of said co1n receiving elements for selective operation of one oi said coin responsive means, and Coin responsive tally means for 'registerlng the number of fares paid.

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In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal, vertical section;

Figure 2 is a horizontal section, portions of the floor being broken away;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section through the upper frontal portion of the machine;

Figure & is a horizontal section 01": an upper portion of the machine, on "the line 4% in Figure 1; y l

Figure 5 is'a vertical section on the line 5-5 in Figure 1;

Figure 6 is vertical section on the line 66 in Figure 1;

Figure Tis a perspective view of the ma- Figure 8 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section, showing the machine in the process'of delivering change, a fragment of the lower left hand corner being removed;

Figures 9 and 10 are details of the coin chutes.

Referring. now more particularly to the drawings, I show a series of coin holders i to 1 inclusive, mounted at one end of a housing 2 and tangentially alined with the end wall of the housing (Figure 2), each coin holder having, a coin slot 3 extending thereunder for the ejection of a coin therefrom into the delivering chute l, the stack of coins in each holder resting upon the floor 5 of the housing (Figure 1) the holders are closed at their upper ends by the top wall of the housing which has coin aperturesfi (Figure'7) opening into the respective holders for the insertion of coins thereinto. Each coin slot 3 is normally partially closed by flexible lips 7 in order to prevent unwanted egress of coins through the slot (Figure 1).

A series of spring set reciprocable slides or coinejectors 10 are directionally mounted onthe floor 5 in any convenient manner, one such coin ejector being associated with each of the coin holders 1 to 1 inclusive, and each coin ejector has an ejector finger 11 adapted to be extended through the coin slot 3 of its respective holder, but is normally disengaged thereiirom, so that the ends of the ejectors are transversely alined (Figure 2).

Extending transversely of the coin -ejectors and having their ends oscillatably mounted in the side walls of the housing, are a series of actuator shafts 15, each shaft having fixed thereto a series of actuator arms 16 which are each adapted, upon rotative movement of the shaft in one direction (but not in the other), to engage a corresponding laterally extending pin 12 of a selected one of the coin ejectors 10, for movement thereof, but one of the arms are attached to the pins and normally do not engage them, so that thus a coin ejector may be moved by one of the actuator arms, but the other arms will not be affected (Figure 8).

Each actuator shaft has'an actuator crank 17 (Figures 2 and 8) operatively connected to the coin responsive mechanism hereinafter described. The actuator arms are so disposed on the respective actuator shafts that, upon rotative movement of a selected actuator shaft, a selected number of coin ejectors will be operated for the ejection of coins from I 8 in the floor 5 of the housing,

their respective coin holders; thus as many actuator shafts are provided as there are combinations of change to be made, as will be readily seen as the description progresses.

The actuator arms 16 extend through slots and a false bottom 9 is provided as a closure, but I do not wish to be limited to this structure.

An operator shaft 20 is mounted transversely in the housing, and has journaled thereon a plurality of groups of operator levers 21, each lever being spring set as by a spring 19 having one end fixed to the transverse wall 33 provided in the housing (to form a money receptacle 38 therein) and the other end attached to the upper end of the lever 21, suitable stops 34 being provided to limit the spring set movement of the lever (Figure 2). The lower end of each lever is operatively engaged with a corresponding actuator crank 17 by a link 18; and pivotally mounted on the upper end of each operator lever 21 for tilting movement thereon is a spring set operator arm 23; the free forward end of each operator arm is provided with a notch 24 (Figure 8), and the vertical tilting movement of the arm is limited by a stop bar 25; this operator arm is adapted to be engaged b the coin receiving elements deiscribed elow, but is normally disengaged therefrom by the spring 13 (Figure 1).

A series of pendent swingingly operably coin receiving elements or chutes 26 to 26*, inclusive, are pivotally mounted across the housing, and each is open at both ends, but the upper end is flared out as at 27 (Figure 8) for the ready reception of a coin into the chute. The chutes do not extend through the top of the housing, but the top of the housing has coin apertures 28 opening into the respective chutes for the insertion of coins thereinto (Figure 7). I prefer to construct these chutes of spaced and parallel channel shaped members 29 (Figure 2) connected by cross members 30 and fulcrumed on pivot pins 31 supported by the top of the housing (Figure 6). The number of chutes provided will depend, of course, upon the coins of the country in which the device is used, but I have shown chutes provided for coins of the United States as follows: nickels, 26; dimes, 26"; quarters, 26; half-dollars, 26 dollars, 26.

As will be seen in Figure 2, each chute has associated therewith one of the groups of operator levers 21, except chutes 26 and 26 which have only one such operator lever associated with each of them. There are as many operator levers in each group associated with each chute as there are combinations of change to be made from the coin which that particular chute is adapted to receive. Each chute has an operator bar 32 (Figure 8) adapted to engage, upon movement of the chute, the notch 24: of any operator arm 23 which may be in operative relationship to the chute.

A cross member 35 is attached to the housing and extends across the chutes and has mounted thereon the laterally extending coin engaging fingers or stops 36. These stops are in pairs (Figures 9 and 10), each pair being associated with one of the chutes, and each chute has corresponding apertures 37 opening into the coinway thereof so that the finger stops may traverse said coinway and provide an obstruction to limit the movement of a coin therethrough. Each pair of these stops is so disposed as to normally engage its respective chute, and the stops are proportioned to limit the movement of a coin of a denomination corresponding to that particular chute, but to pass a coin of any other denomination which the coin aperture 28 of that chute will admitthe coins so passed dropping through the chute into the money receptacle 38 (Figure 8) but a coin of the denomination proper to that chute will have its movement limited by the stops in position to render the coin engaging and coin responsive mechanisms operable, as will hereinafter appear.

Normally, the chutes lie in a vertical plane (Figure 1) since they are free to swing about their fulcrum points, but they may be spring set in this position at the option of the person constructing the device. They are operable in a direction away from the cross member 35, and when so operated each of the pairs of stops 36 will traverse its respective coinway, the stops being so proportioned as to be disengaged from the coinway just prior to the termination of the movement of the chute, whereupon, any coin in the to pass onward through the chute and into the money receptacle 38, to which access is had by a door 14.

Each chute has a plunger slot 10, which, in my preferred construction is formed by the spacing apart of the members 29 of the chute; however, if the chute be made of a hollow element having continuous walls, it will be necessary t'o provide such slots 40 in corresponding relation in the opposite walls of the said hollow element. a p a A spring set plunger shaft 41 is journaled in the walls of the housing, and extends across the series of chutes, and has a series of plunger cranks 42, one such crank being associated with each chute. A plunger 43 is pivoted to each crank 42, and is directionally and slidingly mounted, as at 44, in the cross member I for passage through the plunger slot or slots of its associated chute when the lun 'er shaft is iven a rotative movement 45 two fares; lever 45, three fares; lever More or less levers may be (Figure 8).

A series of fare determining manually operable pull levers 45 to 45, inclusive, are mounted on the plunger shaft 41 for rotative movement of the shaft whenever any one of the levers is moved to operative position, (Figure 8) but each lever is provided with a releasing means, as by a rule hinge 46, whereby the plungershaft may be rotated by selectively moving one of ,the levers to operative position without moving any of the other levers from non-operative position, and each lever is spring set as by a spring 47, having one end attached to a cross member 48 fixed to thehousing and the other endattached to the lever (Figure 8) so as to normally maintain the lever in its non-operative position.

Each one of the 'pull levers 45 to 45 inclusive, is passed through the wall of the housing, as through slots 49 therein (Figure 7), in order to present the same for manual operation thereof. Each lever corresponds to a predetermined number of fares to be collected, as follows: lever 45 one fare; lever 45 four fares. provided at the option of the person con structing the device.

Extending transversely of the chutes and fulcrumed, in the present instance, in the wallsof the housing, are a series of rotatable selector shafts 50 to 50, each shaft having fixed thereto a series of selector arms 51, each arm being disposed in operative relation to a selected one of the operator arms 28 (Figure 3) and connected thereto by a link 52, articulated as at 39which is spring seton the arm by a spring 53, inorder to provide a certain amount of flexibility in the connecting of the link to the arm. Each selector shaft 50 to 50 is operatively connected to the respective pull levers 45 to 45, as by links 54 (Figure 3), and has the function of selectively tilting one or more of the operator arms, 23 into operative relationship with their respective chutes. There are as many selector arms on each shaft as there are possible combinations of changethat can be made from any coinproper to anyone of the chutes,

there is only one such arm 23 associated with each of the chutes 26 and 26*, so that change will be delivered upon the responsive operation of the machine toa proper coin inserted in any one of the chutes.

Inasmuch as the nickel chute, in this case, i

is adapted to receive a coin smaller in value than the amount of a single fare, I have pro vided a modification of the nickel chute 26,

reference being had first to, Figure 9, in order to show a normal chute, and then to Figure 10-, to show the modification. It will be seen (Figure 9) that the manner in which I position the stops 36 with respect'to the plunger 43 associated with each of the chutes 26 and 26?, inclusive, is such that the said stops will arrest a coin properto the chute in operative relationship to the plunger 43, so that when the said plunger is moved it will engage the center portion of the coin. I modify the nickel chute 26 however, (Figure 1O) by positioning the stops 86 with re spect to the plunger 43so that the first nickel dropped into the chute will be arrested in non-operative relationship to the plunger, while a second nickel inserted in the chute will rest upon the first one and will be in operative relationship to the plunger, whereby I collect the value of tenjcents in the form of two nickels before the machine will become responsive to a coin inserted into this'particular chute. v

It is expedient in a machine of this kind to provide a tally means for registering the number of fares collected. Such means must be coin responsive only, and hence may not be associated with the pull levers,nor with the selector-means described heretofore, nor

with the selective tilting of the operator arms, but must be operable only upon the coin responsive movement of the operator levers, as shown in Figure 8, and for this purpose I provide a series of tally shafts 55 to 55 mounted Each in the housing forrotative movement. tally shaft has a series of tally arms 56, each tally arm on each shaft corresponding to one of the groups of operator levers 21 (Figure 4) and being operatively connected to one of the operator levers in each of said groups as by a link 57. Each tally shaft is opera it tively connected, as by a crank 58 and link 59,

with a tally mechanism shown generally at i 60 (Figures 4 and 8,). In the embodiment disposed on the shown, the tally shafts will tally as follows; tally shaft 55, one fare; tally shaft 55 two fares; tally shaft 55, three fares ;-tally shaft 55, four fares. The links 59 are operatively respective levers 62 of the tally mechanism 60 so that the tally shaft 55 will move its tally mechanism one unit; tally shaft 55", two units; tally shaft 55, three units; tally shaft 55, four units. Each tally arm 56 is provided with a releasing means,

as a rule joint 61, so that one tally arm may impart a rotative movement to its respective shaft without causing the movement of any of the other tally arms. No operative relationship exists between the tally'shafts and the selector shafts, so that while the selector shafts are manually operably only, the tally shafts are coin responsive only.

How the parts are proportioned so that the necessary operations of my invention will follow in proper sequence will appear as the description of the use of the machine proceeds, wherein, for the sake of brevity, will be omitted such deviations from the normal operation of the machine as have heretofore been described.

The embodiment of my invention illustrated is particularly adapted for use on one-man busses or street cars, and the like, and in such use the device is disposed so that the pull levers are convenient for operation by the passenger, for which reason I show the delivering chute 4 extending around the housing 2 so as to deliver the change to the same side of the housing as are the pull levers. Of

course, if the buss driver operates the pull levers, this extension of the delivering chute is not necessary. As set forth, the present embodiment is adapted for use in collecting an eight cent fare, hence I provide the coin holders 1 to 1 adapted to receive the following coins: 1 to 1 inclusive, each, pennies; 1, dimes; 1, nickels; 1 quarters; i halfdollars. As previously set forth, the device is adapted to collect nickels, dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dollars. It is also adapted to give change from such collected coins for one, two, three or four fares, and to tally the number of such fares collected.

Referring now more particularly to Figure 8, if a passenger desires to pay, as an example, four fares, and deposits a dollar in the dollar chute 26*, he would then manually operate the four fare pull lever The first portion of the movement of this pull lever will operate the selector shaft to which it is connected (Figure 3), which selector shaft is operatively connected to one operator arm 23 of each of the groups of opera tor levers 21 associated with a chute adapted to receive a coin having a value great enough to pay four fares, which in this case applies only to the half-dollar and dollar chutes. The quarter chute can onlyreceive a coin great enough to pay three fares, and there is therefore no operative connection between the four fare pull lever and the quarter chute, and likewise with the dime and nickel chutes.

The selector shaft- 50 is thus connected to the arms 23 and 23 only (Figure with the effect that each of said arms is tilted into operative relationship with its respective chutes 26 or 26 the extent of this movement being limited by the stop bar 25 however, further movement of the pull lever and selector shaft is permitted by reason of the spring 53, which provides the necessary amount of flexibility. This portion of the movement of the pull lever also has the eii'ect of moving all of the plungers 43 towards their respective coin chutes, and upon continued movement of the pull lever, the plungers will pass thru the plunger slots 1O of their respective chutes, except that the plunger associated with the dollar chute 26 will engage the coin therein and will consequently swingingly move the said chute to engagement with the arm 23 associated with the chute and which has been tilted into operative relationship therewith as described. The arm 23 associated with the half-dollar chute 26 will not be affected, inasmuch as the plunger will freely pass through the plunger slot in that chute since no coin is in the coinway thereof. Continued movement will cause the arm 23 to have a longitudinal movement, as heretofore 'described, so as to operate the tally mechanism through the tally shaft (Figure 4). This longitudinal movement of the arm 23 Will cause the particular operator lever 21 on which the arm is mounted, and hereinafter referred to 21, to rotate about the operator shaftQO as a center (Figure 8) and this motion will be transmitted through the link 18 to the particular actuator shaft 15 to which the lever 21 is connected (hereinafter re ferred to as 15 This actuator shaft 15 has actuator arms 16 adapted to engage the coin ejector-s 10 associated with the coin holders 1", 1, 1, 1, 1 and 1 and, upon further movement of the pull lever, each of the coin ejectors will cause a coin to be ejected from its respective coinv holder, so that three pennies, one dime, one nickel and one half-dollar, or sixtyeight cents in change will be delivered to the passenger, and thirty-two cents collected. In the meantime, the chute 26 has been moved far enough to have the coin stops 36 disengaged from the (dollar) coin in the chute, the said coin being thus free to drop through the chute into the money receptacle 38 as the pull lever is released and the different parts return to their non-operative or normal positions.

Had the passenger desired to fares, he would pull the three fare lever 15, which would operate the selector shaft 50, and bring the arms 23 (Figure 3) into operative relationship with their respective pay only three chutes. Referring to Figure 2, the arm 23 associatedwith the chute 26 would operate (in the manner substantially as described) the actuator shaft 15, which'has actuator arms 16 adapted to engage the coin ejectorslO associated with the coin holders 1 1 and 1 so that one penny, one quarter and one half-dollar, or seventy-sizr cents in change will be delivered, and twenty-four cents collected. The

I accomplish my purpose by providing twelve actuator shafts corresponding to the twelve combinations of change to be delivered, in the embodiment shown, and there are twelve operator levers and arms each connected to one of the actuator shafts and arranged in five groups corresponding to the five different coins which the device is adapted to receive, and there are four pull levers for determining the number of fares to be collected, and further, each pull lever is selectively connected to the different operator arms such that change will be delivered only when a coin having a value greater than the value of the fare to be collected is inserted J into the machine in the coin receiving chute thereof proper to that coin, and I further provide a tally means forregistering the number of fares collected, said tally means being coin responsive only.

While have herein described a certain specific method of constructing and assembling the elements of my invention, it is understood same may be varied in minor details, not departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the appended claims.

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1. In a fare collecting and change making machine, a series of coin holders, a coin ejector associated with each of the holders, coin responsive means separately operable and selectively engaging one or more of said ejector-s, a series of coin receiving elements, means for selectively grouping said coin responsive means for operative relationship with one or more of said coin receiving elements, and a series of selective pull levers operatively connected to said grouping means and rendered operable by engaging a coin in any one of said coin receiving elements for operatively engaging said coin receiving elements with said coin responsive means.

2. In a fare collecting and change making machine, a series of coin holders, :1. coin ejector associated with each of the holders, actuator means separately operable and selectively engaging one or more of said ejectors, coin responsive means operativelyengaging said actuator means, manually operable coin engaging means, and selector means associated with said coin engaging means for selectively grouping said coin responsive means for co -operative relationship with said coin engaging means in association with a coin having a value greater than the amount of fare to be collected.

3. In a fare collecting and change making machine, a series of coin holders, a coin ejector associated with each of the holders, actuator means separately operable and selectively engaging one or more of said ejectors, a series of coin receiving elements, coin responsive means selectively engaging said actuator means, selector means selectively grouping said coin responsive means for operative relationship with one or more of said coin receiving elements, and a series of selective pull levers each adapted to co-operate with said selector means and to operatively engage a coin in any one of said coin receiving elements for the operation of said coin responsive means.

4.. A fare collecting and change making machine, comprising a series of coin holders adapted to receive coins of a denomination proper for change making, a series of coin ejectors, one of each of the eject-01's being associated with one of the coin holders for the ejection of coins therefrom, a plurality of actuator means selectively and operatively connected to said ejectors, there being as many of said actuator means as there are combin'ations of change to be made, a series of coin receiving elements, a series of groups of coin responsive means, each coin responsive means being operatively connected to one of the actuator means,each group of coin responsive means being associated with one of said coin receiving elements, a series of selective pull levers, there being as many pull levers as there are combinations of fares to be collected, a plurality of selector means each operatively connected with one, of the coin responsive means in one or more of'the groups thereof, one of each of the selector means being operatively connected to one of each of the pull levers, means associated with each of said pull levers for operatively engaging a coin having a value greater than the amount of fare to be collected when said coin is positioned in a coin receiving element proper to that coin, whereby said coinvreceiving elementwill operatively engage one of. the coin responsive means associated therewith, and tally means associated with said coin responsive meansfor registering the number of fares paid.

5. In a fare collectlng and change maklng machine, a series of coin holders, a reciproejectors, means for operatively connecting each of said actuator means with a predetermined group of said ejectors, an operator means operatively connected with each of said actuator means, pendent movable coin receiving elements positioned in normally non-operative relationship with said operator means, a series of selective pull levers each associated with one or more of said coin receiving elements for operative engagement with a coin positioned therein, fare selector means operatively connected with each of said pull levers, and means operatively connecting each fare selector means with a predetermined group of said operator means for operative relationship thereof with one or more of said coin receiving means.

6. In a fare collecting and change making machine, a series of coin holders, a reciprocable coin ejector associated with each of the V holders, a plurality of ejector actuator means transversely positioned with respect to said ejectors, means for operatively connecting each of said actuator means with a predetermined group of ejectors, an operator means operatively connected with each of said actuator means, pendent movable coin receiving elements positioned in normally non-operative relationship with respect to said operator means, fixed coin retaining means normally in engagement with each of said coin receiving elements, coin engaging means associated with each coin receiving element for operative engagement with a coin positioned therein, selective fare determining means operatively positioned with respect to each of said coin engaging means, selector means operatively associated with each fare determining means, means operatively connecting each selector means with a predetermined number of said operator means for operative relationship with one or more of said coin receiving elements, means operatively connecting said faredetermining means with said coin engaging means for engagement with a coin in any one of said coin receiving elements whereby said coin receiving element may operatively engage a selected one of said operator means and the said coin may also be disengaged from said coin retaining means, and

-tally means operatively connected to said operator means for registering the fares collected.

7. In a fare collecting and change making machine, a series of coin holders, a reciprocable ,coin ejector associated with each of the holders, a plurality of revolvable actuator shafts transversely positioned with respect to the coin ejectors, a plurality of actuator armsvpendent from each of said actuator shafts for operatively engaging a selected group of said ejectors. a plurality of pendent swingingly operable coin receiving elements, a plurality of operator levers pivotally mounted in transverse relationship with said coin receiving elements, each lever being operatively connected to one of said actuator shafts, an operating arm tiltingly mounted on each of said operator levers, said operating arms being normallyin non-operative relationship with said coin receiving elements, means for selectively tilting one or more of said operating arms into operative relationship with one or more of said coin receiving elements, and means for swinging one or more of said coin receiving elements into operative engagement with said arms.

8. In a fare collecting and change making machine, a series of coin holders, a reciprocable coin ejector associated with each of the holders, a plurality of actuator shafts revolvably positioned transversely to said ejectors, means operatively connecting each of said actuator shafts with a predetermined group of ejectors, an operator arm operatively connected with each of said actuator shafts, pendent movable coin receiving elements positioned in normally non-operative relationship with said operator arms, means for selectively bringing one of said operator arms into operative relationship to one of said coin receiving elements, and means for engaging a coin in any one of said coin receiving elements for operative engagement thereof with selected operator arms.

9. In a device of the kind described, a coin receiving means, means to engage a coin positioned in said coin receiving means to operate the same, a shaft mounted transversely said coin receiving means, a series of operator levers journaled on said shaft, an operating arm tiltingly mounted on each of said operator levers, means for selectively tilting one or more of said operator arms into operative relationship with said coin receiving means, a series of coin holders, and means associated with each of said operating levers for selectively ejecting a coin from one or more holders.

10. In a fare collecting and change making machine, a series of pendent swingingly operable coin receiving elements, each element having an aperture, a fixed coin engaging finger normally engaging said aperture and traversing said coin-receiving elements for limiting the movement of a coin therethrough, said finger being adapted to be disengaged from said coin on movement of the coin receiving element, a rotatable shaft positioned transversely said coin receiving elements, a series of arms fixed on said shaft, each arm being alined with one of said coin receiving elements, each of said coin receiving elements also having a plunger slot, a plunger pivoted to each of said arms and guidingly mounted for passage through said plunger slot for engagement with a coin in said coin receiving element, a series of coin holders, a like series of coin ejectors, each ejector being associated with one of the holders, and means for selectivcly operating one or more of said ejectors on the swinging movement of a coin receiving element.

11. In a fare collecting and change making machine, a series of pendent swingingly operable coin receiving chutes, a fixed coin engaging finger normally traversing each of said chutes for limiting the movement of a coin therethrough, said finger being adapted to be disengaged from said coin on the movement of said chute, a rotatable plunger shaft positioned transversely said series of chutes, a series of cranks on said shaft, each crank being alined with one of said chutes, each chute also having a plunger slot, a plunger pivoted to each of the cranks and directionally mounted for passage through said plunger slot for engagement with said coin, a plurality of groups of tiltingly mounted operator arms, one of each of said groups of arms being associated with one of the chutes but normally in non-operative relationship thereto, manually operable fare determining means for selectively tilting one of said arms of one or more of said groups into operative relationship with its respective chute, means associated with said fare determining means for the rotative movement of said shaft, a series of coin holders, and means associated with each of said operator arms for ejecting a coin from one or more of said holders.

12. In a device of the kind described in claim 11, said fare determining means comprisinga "series of rotatable selector shafts extending transversely of said chutes, a

series of selector arms on each of said selector shafts, each selector arm on each selector shaft corresponding to one of the groups of said operator arms and operatively connected to one of the operator arms, fare determining manually operable pull levers mounted on the plunger shaft for rotative movement of the same when any one of the said levers is moved to operative position, means associated with each lever for normally maintaining the same in non-operative position, releasing means associated with each lever whereby said plunger shaft may be given a rotative movement without moving said lever from non-operative position, and means operatively connecting each of said levers with one of said selector shafts for rotative movement of the same when its corresponding lever is moved to operative position.

13. In a device of the kind describedin claim 11, a tally means associated with the operator levers, comprising a series of rotatable tally shafts extending transversely of said operator levers, a series of tally cranks on each of said tally shafts, each tally shaft corresponding to one of the groups of operator levers and operatively connected to one of the levers in each of said groups, a tally mechanism associated with the tally'shafts,

EDGAR WILLIAM TERRY. 

